[gmx-users] forcefield installation on GROMACS 5.1.4

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/27/17 7:44 AM, Simon Kit Sang Chu wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Recently I am looking into PACE
> <https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/cgfolding/> for my system and
> installation of forcefield is required. The files located inside the
> forcefield directory is given by -
>
> aminoacids.rtp  cgWater.itp  ffPACE_1.3-c.tdb  ffPACE_1.3.hdb
>  ffPACE_1.3-n.tdb
> cg216water.gro  ffPACE_1.3.atp  ffPACE_1.3.ddb    ffPACE_1.3.itp
>  ffPACE_1.3.rtp
>
> Compared to the standard forcefields, such as CHARMM and AMBER, there is no
> .doc. I located these files in
> /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/PACE_1.3.ff.
>
> When I tried to implement the forcefield with pdb2gmx, I see no sign of
> PACE and option -ff returns error too.
>
> I am new to GROMACS. Would anyone suggest any solution or references that I
> should look into?
>

You need a forcefield.doc file that has the force field name so that pdb2gmx can 
find it.

-Justin

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